DANVILLE, Va. – Danville Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened early Friday morning.

Police were called to Lindhurst Drive in north Danville just after 3 a.m. after receiving a report of shots fired. They arrived to find a female who had suffered a gunshot wound to her right thigh. The shooting happened outside a home across from Timberlake Baptist Church.

The victim was treated by local emergency responders and taken by helicopter to the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill.

Investigators were still at the scene collecting evidence Friday morning.

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